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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1975
Page
4
A reader warns of a serious patio burn incident where a child suffered extensive burns after a charcoal fire. The note emphasizes fire safety, with safety counsel from Dr Steinerohn, alongside letters on hereditary heart disease risks and prevention strategies.
Rain and showers are forecast from the middle Mississippi Valley into the western Ohio Valley with showers and thunderstorms around the eastern Gulf Coast and over Florida. Rain continues along the Pacific north west coast with snow indicated for the extreme northern Rockies.
Cloudy with a chance of showers tonight and cooler. Lows from the upper 30s to upper 40s. Cooler tomorrow with variable cloudiness in the north and cloudy skies in the south. Highs tomorrow from the mid 50s to low 60s.
Clyde Jackson of Lorain was elected board chairman of the Lorain County chapter of the American Red Cross at the chapter’s October meeting. Officers include Mrs Paul Thompson vice chairman Dr Joseph Calta secretary Gerry Aldrich treasurer. Board members named were Mark Stewart Larry Coleman Mrs L G Miller Paul Frederick Herbert Carlson Leslie King and Thomas King. All officers serve one year. Jackson succeeds Martin Mariott as chair.
Fifteen candidates for mayor, council, school board, and township clerk spoke at a candidates night in the American Legion Hall New London. Mayoral hopefuls promised reforms, fiscal soundness, and growth while council and school board contenders urged zoning, representation, and charter safeguards. Robert Zimmerman sought township clerk support.
Avon Lake City Council approved a request by developer Bucky Koph to delay sidewalk installation on 26 Washington Square lots. A irrevocable letter of credit guarantees completion within one year. Mayor Earley to sign a health services contract with Lorain City Health Dept for 1976 77 totaling 75000 per year. Nurses in schools noted 20 hours weekly. school board funding discussed. Also designated part of Bleser Field as a preschool tot lot. An air compressor purchase was tabled.
South Amherst Council awarded Elyria attorney John J. Lowther a 3500 grant to codify village ordinances excluding zoning and building laws. Deadline set for April 1, 1976. Councilwoman Reazer questioned emergency action. Mayor Knoble defended it as necessary since 1917 incorporation. The session also annexed 3.5 acres of cemetery land and tabled a building permit code revision to fund school athletics after a Nebraska game alert.
A weather summary reports reduced winter storm intensity in Wyoming, Colorado, and nearby states. Light snow fell in the central Rockies. advisories persisted in Oregon Cascades. showers tracked from Washington and Oregon into Idaho. Temperatures varied from 14 degrees in Evanston to 79 in Key West, with forecasts predicting lingering showers, snow in high elevations, and widely variable regional temperatures.
Tracey L. Lange, 15, of Columbia Station, was hit from behind by a car driven by David J. Whited, 22, while riding eastbound on Rt. 57 near 1.83. Lange was listed in fair condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Whited and his wife Debra, the passenger, were uninjured as deputies continued investigation into whether the bicycle rode into the path of the car.
Lagrange trustees, commissioners and landowners plan cleaning 3 170 feet of the King ditch on Wheeler Road with a 1300 cost split for 1 000 feet. Ray Dill’s bid of 3775 wins over Fred Martin’s 3979. John Haydn hired to replace township hall boiler fittings for 108. Rundle Heating bid 1235 rejected. Township hall rental suspended until end of March. A rubbish container will be at township garage starting Nov 8 for resident use only.
The Columbia Local Board of Education approved two across the board raises for non teaching staff including bus drivers cooks custodians and secretaries. A 10 cent increase on Oct 1 1975 and a second 10 cent raise on Jan 1 1976 will cost 2284 this year and 16803 next calendar year. The district says funds may be tight in 1977 and will review all salary schedules in Sept 1976 for potential reductions. An improved hospitalization plan was approved with 90 percent coverage for family plans. Emergency authorization was given to purchase and bury a 10000 gallon fuel oil tank at Columbia High School with installation supervised by two board members.
The Lorain County Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation received $269,060 in state reimbursement funds for the last fiscal year. Ohio mental health boards statewide distributed $8.1 million, up 9.5 percent from $7.4 million in 1974. Along with state funds, the county boards received $3.8 million in federal Title I funding from the U.S. Office of Education. Local services are supported by state reimbursements, a county levy, and federal programs.
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